Why?

The importance of why we do what we do is often overlooked in our busy lives. We get to the gym, hit a workout and call it a day and check off our fitness goals. But why do we even bother putting our bodies through pain and suffering? When new people come into the gym, I often ask them this question and very seldom do I get a real answer. Mostly it's something like, I want  to feel better, I want to lose some weight but those are all superficial things that don't say much about their why. Having a true powerful why for what you do is essential in your consistency and success. You see, if you're having a bad day, losing weight is simply not a strong enough why. If you want to lose weight to be able to keep up with your kids, have a better sex life, feel more confident, get off blood pressure medication and feel like yourself again that is much better then just losing a few pounds. Ask yourself WHY 5 times while coming up with our ultimate why and you'll be surprised how deep you can go. Here's my why. I want to be healthy, fit and look good to help other people. I believe that if I'm not practicing what I preach I won't be able to effectively help others. Head knowledge only goes so far and if I'm not living the lifestyle, if I'm not suffering through a workout and if I"m not training one day's I don't feel like training, then I can't expect others to do the same time. I can't empathize with you if I don't make time to focus on my training when life gets in the way, when the kids are sick etc... So you are all my WHY and you're a powerful one.